moto_man
Responses from moto_man
| Short Review of Revelation Audio Passage Cryo-Silver™ Reference umbilical power cable @fthompson251 , post your impressions once you get the cable and break it in! I'd be interested to see what you think. | |
| Power Cords/ Conditioner/Surge Protectors I will admit upfront that I am a Shunyata fanboy . . . not because I get paid or sell them, but because each cable that I have put in my system has elevated the sound quality, starting with my Sigma power cable for my ARC REF 6 pre. A clear and e... | |
| Seeking a Tube preamplifier +1 for the ARC REF 6. I have one and it is a fantastic tube pre, paired with a Pass Labs 250.8, and a Shunyata Sigma power cable. Superb! | |
| Standmount speaker suggestion Another plug for the Joseph Audio Pulsars. Great speakers that I drove with my Pass Labs 250.8. You can't go wrong with the Pulsars, great sounding speakers with surprising bass for their size. A great deal. | |
| Do I need upgraded power cables? You have gotten quite a few measured responses regarding power cables, which I think is great. Too often these types of threads devolve to the cables do/don't make any difference and "anyone who thinks that they make a difference is deluded." I ... | |
| And the biggest influence on sound quality is... I have a slightly different take. First, the best enhancement to SQ is a bong hit of some good hybrid. Never fails! But at this stage, having heard my classic rock a million times, I find myself listening to a lot of bootlegs, especially Led Ze... | |
| Need to learn about Audio Research I have an ARC REF 6 paired with a Pass 250.8 that drive Wilson Sabrina X's. I am very happy with the sound of the combo. I get the great tube sound of the ARC and the smooth power of the Pass. I have about 4000 hrs on the ARC, no problems with i... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) Except for the pops and clicks and getting up every 20 minutes. LOL! I have been a dedicated digital person for years, although I have my vinyl collection from the '70's. When I tried out a preamp with a phono preamp built in (VAC Renaissanc... | |
| Will a high quality preamp really make a difference in sound?? Also speaker cable I would say that the preamp definitely matters, and I am in the "cables do matter" camp. I started with an MSB Discrete DAC and volume control. My dealer lent me an ARC LS28SE to try. I found it to be no different or extremely minimally better.... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. I am neither an ASR hater nor lover. I think that objective measurements have a place in reviewing stereo equipment. Certainly JA adds objective measurements to the subjective review. But I think that the OP's analogy is particularly apt in dem... | |
| Dumb question......why do you need a preamp? I have an MSB Discrete DAC with a Premier Power Base. it has a built-in volume control, so a preamp is unnecessary. However, at the urging of my local stereo dealer, he lent me an ARC LS28SE to try. I felt that it really added so little benefit... | |
| What is the best place to archive my digital music files? Your post is a little vague, but the “best” place to store your digital music files is on a solid state drive. You can plug into the Marantz’s USB port and presumably play from there. I picked up a very cheap 8 Tb USB drive, to which I back up a... | |
| Paypal drastic changes I do not understand how selling used equipment that one has could possibly be a taxable event, unless a piece of equipment was sold at a profit. In aggregate, there is probably a lot of money transferred for services, but selling or buying equipm... | |
| Does anyone listen to the radio anymore? I can't understand the attraction of listening to FM when we have Roon and all of the streaming services. Is it nostalgia? I an't imagine using to an FM station and trying to listen to it, full of commercials, low quality sound and not even rela... | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore LOL! I cannot be bothered with my vinyl anymore either. First, I don't think that on my system, and without a mega $10K plus turntable, phone preamp, cartridge, etc., vinyl has any thing on digital. Plus, my 800+ albums from the 70's, although I... |